Man reaches plea agreement in $100,000 extortion plot

9:13 PM,
Jun. 11, 2013

Dustin Congleton

Written by

Shereen Skola
Daily Herald Media

One of two men accused in an extortion plot that cost a Marathon County man nearly $100,000 will spend five years in prison after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Dustin Congleton, 28, of Weston was sentenced in Marathon County Circuit Court after he was found guilty on felony charges of extortion and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. A misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Marathon County Circuit Judge Mike Moran also ordered Congleton to spend five years on extended supervision following his release from ...